A/N will be after the chapter from now on.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Zexion was running some calculations, frowning unhappily as each calculation showed longer amounts of time to come up with an antidote for Xemnas. Zexion went through different combinations of the formulas, but still came up with one to three days for a completed antidote. Zexion tried again, until he came up with one that would be done within six to twelve hours. Much better than the previous calculations. Zexion turned and walked around the lab, gathering necessary ingredients, and got to work immediately. He could only hope that his work wasn't interrupted.

-x

Saix moved away from Xemnas' side momentarily. The Superior had joined Xaldin at another one of the snack tables, and was currently giving a critique of one of the dishes. Saix caught Xaldin's eyes, and the black-haired man nodded, as if to say that he'd keep an eye on Xemnas. Saix, satisfied with this, walked away from the two, and stalked towards Axel, who was still drying out from the water balloons that had hit him, and was currently lounging on the couch, eating a sea-salt ice cream. Saix silently watched the conversation going on, waiting for a good time to interject.

Axel waved his ice cream bar at Roxas, "Hey Rox, you know where Luxord got to?"

Roxas shrugged in response, eating his own sea-salt ice cream. Besides, it didn't really concern him what Luxord was up to. If anything, he was smart enough to get away from the madness the party had turned into.

Demyx had declined an ice cream, and cast a glance over to the half-melted ice rink, where Vexen and Marluxia stood glaring daggers at one another. Demyx turned his attention back to Axel, "Luxord said that he was going to go get a mission done. He said he'd be 'back as soon as he finished the game'."

Axel heard cursing, and turned in time to see Marlxuia now engaged in an argument with Lexaeus, during which Larxene was happily sending off more lightning bolts at an unamused Vexen.

Vexen managed to dodge the bolts, and summoned up his shield in time to deflect another one. While Larxene was preparing to send another bolt, Vexen promptly portaled away, muttering under his breath about not getting any respect from the neophytes.

Larxene was disappointed that a target had gotten away, and contented herself for the time being to watch Marluxia and Lexaeus argue about the use of the ice rink and whether or not other members were fair game.

Saix saw Vexen's departure, and wondered if that meant that the blond man was going to go to the laboratory and get something to fix Xemnas with. Saix turned his eyes back to the three in the corner.

Axel had finished his sea-salt ice cream, and was flipping the stick up and down, "If you ask me, it is pretty interesting in here. Luxord should have taken bets on would would leave the room first, and who would be the first unconscious."

By now, both Roxas and Demyx had noticed Saix's presence, while Axel was still apparently oblivious to the fact that the blue-haired man was frowning down at him.

Axel was still flipping the sick up and down, "Although...maybe Luxord should have taken bets on how long it would take for Xemnas to make a fool of himself."

"Axel."

Axel titled his head and spotted Saix standing next to the couch. The red-head saw the other's expression, and let out a nervous laugh, "Oh, eh heh. Hey, Saix. Something we can help you with?" Axel made as if to get up off the couch and run, but Saix trapped him against it.

Saix brought his face close, "Perhaps you would like to come help me keep an eye on the Superior? After all, I have reason to believe that you're the cause of all this."

"Ah, Saix, why would you say that? I thought we were friends." Axel scooted discreetly backwards from the irked Siax, and looked over at Roxas for help. Roxas, however, was preoccupied with his sea-salt ice cream, and wasn't paying attention. Or maybe he was ignoring him. Axel looked over at Demyx, and saw that the sitarist was sinking against his chair from the sight of a displeased Saix. Axel, of course, wasn't really bothered by Saix's display, and sighed, poking the ice-cream stick at Saix to make him back off, "All right, all right, but what am I supposed to do with Xemnas? He's not even really all there in the head. Isn't it better to leave him alone?"

Saix plucked the stick out of Axel's grasp and glared at the red-head, daring him to say more.

Axel sighed, getting up of the couch, "Calm down man. I'm going. Happy?"

Saix wouldn't admit it, but he was pleased that he had gotten Axel to move. After giving a disproving look to both Roxas and Demyx, Saix turned and went back over to Xemnas, with Axel trailing after him in a gloomy silence.

Roxas and Demyx watched them go, both relieved that they didn't have to deal with Xemnas.

Roxas spotted Luxord entering the Hall of Empty Melodies, and waved to catch the older man's attention. Luxord spotted Roxas, and came over to join them. Roxas frowned a little, "You finished your mission that quickly?"

Luxord smiled pleasantly, "Everything went smoothly, which made things much easier." Luxord was silent as he observed the others in the room, as well as the fact that a few were missing from the room. Luxord turned back, addressing Demyx and Roxas, "Anything of note that happened while I was gone?"

Roxas shrugged, "The usual. Marluxia infuriating Vexen. Axel getting zapped by Larxene. Xemnas being weirder than normal."

Luxord chuckled, and turned, spotting Axel standing over by the snack table wearing an unhappy expression, as Xemnas droned on about a perfect apple. Saix was looking rather frustrated, and Xaldin looked like he were considering leaving the area and saving his sanity. Luxord started to walk in their direction, leaving Roxas and Demyx to watch him leave. The two glanced at each other.

"What do you think he's doing?" Demyx questioned.

Roxas shook his head, "Hopefully it'll be something more interesting than what Xemnas has been doing." He fell silent to watch what would happen.

-x

Xaldin spotted Luxord approaching and after an exchanged glance, Xaldin went off to stop Larxene from sneaking up on an unsuspecting Demyx and Roxas.

Axel wondered why Luxord would want to subject himself to being bored to death by Xenmas' monologue. Saix, on the other hand, appeared to be content to merely wait and see what would happen.

Xemnas spotted Luxord and stopped his current critique, to spread his arms and gesture around the room, "Luxord, what do you think of my party so far?"

Winking at the two other Nobodies, Luxord smiled back at Xemnas, "Excellent. Only you could have pulled off something like this, sir."

Xemnas puffed up importantly, nodding in agreement, "Yes, only I could have pulled off something as magnificent as this."

Axel smothered a cough that sounded suspiciously like a laugh, ignoring the look thrown his way by Saix. Axel couldn't help it. Xemnas was still so serious when he spoke. Axel had trouble not laughing at Xemnas' sudden question.

"I fell as if...I want to sing."

Ignoring the horrified looks on the other Nobody's faces, Luxord played along and threw an arm around Xemnas' shoulder, "Then let us sing, sir."

Saix was wearing a somewhat horrified expression, while Axel, and the nearby Roxas and Demyx, tried hard not to laugh, as Xemnas and Luxord began to sing a sad lament about the lack of hearts and how Kingdom Hearts should be filled with more hearts after the party was complete.

"Oh Kingdom Hearts take pity on us

poor Nobodies with no hearts~

make us whole again, please Kingdom Hearts

a lack of heart makes us feel so empty..."

Axel was laughing too much to hear anymore of the slow song, instead shaking with mirth as he tried to keep the camera in his hands still to tape the singing. Axel, during the beginning of the song, had produced a camera, for future blackmail. He promptly hid his camera once the song had ended, before Saix could take it from him.

Xemnas was leaning against Luxord, wearing a melancholy expression, teary eyed as he spoke, "Ah, the song was so wonderful. We must sing more often."

Luxord patted Xemnas on the shoulder consolingly as he responded, "Of course sir, whenever you want to."

Saix tried to catch Lurxord's eye in order to see what he thought he was doing, encouraging Xemnas like that. The only response from Luxord was a wink and a smile of amusement. Saix didn't find that very encouraging.

-x

Xigbar wandered the castle, telporting from place to place, trying to figure out where Zexion had gotten to. He wasn't in one of Vexen's main labs, so that left the smaller labs scattered about. Xigbar grinned as he teleported away, having a thought of where Zexion may be hiding away.

In some tiny lab in a far corner of the castle...

Zexion had let the antidote for Xemnas sit while it cooled, and turned his attention to finding an antidote to get rid of the furry ears and tail he had sprouted (and a potion for Demyx, to get rid of the tail). He wasn't going to wait for Vexen to take the time to figure it out. Zexion gathered supplies, failing to realize that Xigbar was standing behind him. Zexion let out a gasp as Xigbar grabbed him from behind and pulled him backwards through the portal.

Vexen had just entered the room and witnessed Zexion struggling as the portal closed. Shaking his head, Vexen spotted the ingredients and supplies on the table, and the antidote sitting on the table. Deciding the completed product was for Xemnas, Vexen turned his attention to the supplies, realizing that Zexion had been trying to make something to counter act what had happened to him and Demyx. Sighing, Vexen decided to work on the cures, as he didn't want to be zapped or disrespected anymore that day.

-x

Demyx had vacated the chair, considered leaving the area, when he spotted Marluxia looking rather pleased. Demyx turned his head, and saw that Xigbar had just come back into the room, bringing with him Zexion. Demyx watched as Xigbar brought Zexion over to the trampoline and tied him against it, cheerfully, as Zexion spouted off threats to the one-eyed man.

Xaldin wasn't paying attention, as he was trying to calm down an irate Larxene. Lexaeus had joined Xaldin in an attempt to help, avoiding stray thunderbolts as he did, and Saix attempting to console a now even more teary-eyed Xemnas.

"I haven't even thanked Kingdom Hearts for this wonderful party! Oh, I am a failure." Xemnas said dramatically, sinking down to the floor to his knees in a fit of regret and sorrow.

Saix thought that Xemnas was being a little over dramatic, and again hoped the Superior would be back to normal soon. Where was Vexen? He was taking too long. Shouldn't he be able to whip up a potion or antidote or something to fix Xemnas?

Xigbar, meanwhile, was testing the ropes to make sure that Zexion wouldn't be able to wriggle free. Satisfied, Xigabr winked at Zexion, "Don't bother trying to use a portal. These ropes are special. They'll prevent you from making a portal."

Zexion tugged against the ropes futiley, fixing a glare on Xigbar with his visible eye, "Untie me now or you'll regret it!" Inwardly, Zexion was already thinking about several horrible things he would do to Xigbar once he was free and able to plot.

Xigbar laughed in response, seemingly unaware of Zexion's thoughts as he turned away and walked away a few paces, "As if! Now, be a good boy and hold still. This shouldn't hurt, much."

Zexion immediately set about trying to free himself, in no mood to be playing games at the moment. Why wasn't anyone stopping Xigbar yet? Most of the organization was still in the Hall of Empty Melodies after all. Someone was going to pay for this.

Marluxia, Demyx and Roxas were nearby, watching the proceeding. Xaldn and Lexaeus were further away, making no progress in trying to calm Larxene, and were trying to keep her from zapping others in the room. Xemnas had moved closer to see what was going on, momentarily distracted from his lamentations. Saix, Axel and Luxord joined him.

Xigbar, realizing that he now had an audience, produced one of his guns, and with a grin, spoke, "Time for some target practice."

Marluxia and Axel both appeared to be amused with this, while Demyx looked horrified and Roxas shook his head at the stupidity of it all. Luxord appeared to be considering taking bets, but almost instantly decided against it, seeing that Zexion was looking very displeased.

Xemnas looked very excited about the whole idea, whereas Saix wore a displeased expression. The Superior was going to have a mess to deal with once he came back to his senses, and Saix didn't want to be in the shoes of any of those who were making fun of Xemnas.

Xigbar angled his gun and took careful aim, firing off a few shots, where they hit to the left of Zexion's head.

Xaldin, seeing what Xigbar was doing, and how fast it could get out of hand, left Lexaeus to deal with Larxene. Glancing around as he walked, Xaldin spotted the alcohol that was sitting on a nearby table. Xaldin moved forward quickly, in time to stop Xigbar from shooting at Zexion again.

"What are you doing, Xaldin?" Xemnas intoned, apparently unhappy that his entertainment had been stopped short.

Xaldin knew that it wasn't the smartest idea in the worlds, but it was the best distraction he could come up with on such short notice, "I thought, since the party was at its height, that we should make a toast."

Xemnas' demeanor went from unhappy to pleasantly happy as he nodded curtly, "Yes, that was just what I was about to suggest, Xaldin." With an air of importance, Xemnas poured himself a glass of wine and held it aloft, "To Kingdom Hearts!"

-x-

Vexen, unaware at the downing of alcohol that was being done on the upper floors, wore a pleased expression. He had finished the antidotes for Demyx and Zexion. Vexen turned and checked on the antidote that was meant for Xemnas. It seemed to be ready. Vexen picked the vial up carefully, and left the lab. He would come back and get the other vials for Demyx and Zexion later, once Xemnas was dealt with. Vexen could only hope that Xemnas hadn't done anything embarrassing since he had left the Hall of Empty Melodies.

-x-

Saix was leaning up against the trampoline next to a now- freed Zexion. Roxas was standing on Saix's other side, watching the scene with a bit of annoyance in his expression. Demyx stood next to Roxas, shaking his head at the scene.

Xemnas, Luxord, Xaldin, Xigbar and Axel had managed to get themselves drunk in a short amount of time. Xemnas, in fact, had even managed to lose most of his clothing, until he wore only boxers with golden hearts on them. The Superior was currently running around, yelling praises to Kingdom Hearts. Or just yelling incoherently.

"Kingdom Heartsss~!" Xemnas exclaimed with a bit of a slur, holding his arms up to said object through the window of the room

Vexen saw all this as he came out of a portal, and stared at what was going on with a look of distaste clearly on his face. The only good thing was that Marluxia and Larxene were gone from the room. Casting a nasty look at the drunken Axel, Vexen strode forward and over to where Xemnas was now on his knees, praising Kingdom Hearts enthusiastically. Vexen wasn't sure how he would get Xemnas to drink the antidote, but felt that with the state of mind he was currently in, that Xemnas wouldn't know the difference between a wineglass and a vial.

"Ah, Vexen. Have you come to join me in praising Kingdom Hearts for this magnificent party?"

Vexen merely nodded, "Yes, Superior. I thought a toast would be in order." Vexen handed the vial over to Xemnas, who looked at it dubiously.

"It does not look like wine."

Vexen was inwardly seething. Why did Xemans choose to be perspective now? "It is a special wine, Superior. I thought it fitting that you should have it for the idea of bringing the party to us all." Vexen heard a drunken Axel titter at his words and fall over.

Luxord helped the process along by lifting a half-empty bottle of wine into the air, "Another toast! To nothingness!" The platinum blond took a long draught, before promptly falling backwards onto Axel and falling asleep.

Xemnas took up the toast enthusiastically, and downed the vial in a few gulps. He blinked, swaying for a moment, before falling down and snoring uproariously.

Saix had come froward, and was staring down at Xemnas, "That was a fast acting antidote. Will he be back to normal when he wakes?"

Vexen nodded, "Yes, he should be. Zexion made it to be fast acting, so the Superior should be back to normal in a few hours, when he shakes off the after affects."

Saix looked down at the snoring Superior and sighed. A least things should go back to normal now. Glancing at Vexen, Saix stooped down and picked up the slumbering Xemnas, "I'll take him to his room."

Roxas glanced over at Vexen, then indicated the other drunk nobodies, "Should we leave them here?"

Vexen had already started to walk away, in the direction that Saix had gone, "Just leave them there. It doesn't matter to me. The Superior will probably want to be able to find them."

Roxas turned his attention to the now sleeping Axel and shook his head. Axel wasn't going to be happy when he woke up. Roxas doubted that Xemnas would be very happy about the fact that Axel was the one that had given him the vial that made him act weird in the first place.

-x-

Xemnas woke abruptly, sitting up, a hand to his head. He had a horrible headache, almost like a hangover. He didn't recall drinking anything alcoholic though. Giving his head a little shake, Xemnas noticed that one, he was in his own bed, in his own bedroom, and two, that Vexen was standing next to his bed, eyeing him nervously. Xemnas closed his eyes, in an attempt to gather his thoughts. For some reason, the only things he really could remember was Axel giving him a vial, talking to Vexen, and something involving fighting a Heartless. There was more after that, Xemnas was sure, but he couldn't remember. Next thing he knew he was in his room. Sighing, Xemnas questioned the other man, "Number four...what happened?"

Silence. Vexen appeared to not know what to say in response.

Xemnas opened his eyes and fixed them onto Vexen's. He would get his answer, one way or another. Xemnas had a feeling that he really didn't want to know what had been going on, but felt compelled to find out anyway.

Vexen quailed under Xemnas' intense stare and found himself explaining things before he could think things through, "Axel took a vial from my laboratory and tricked you into drinking it. It made you feel...happy...and you were wanting me to help you, but I said no...when you heard Saix was injured by a Heartless in the Underworld you went to help and Saix in turn stopped the Heartless from injuring you a lot." Vexen took a breath and continued, "You managed to get the organization to help you throw a party, and by the end you and a few others were drunk and you...you ran around almost naked. It was around that time that I got you another vial of an antidote to counteract the one you had taken." Vexen came to an abrupt halt upon seeing Xemnas' rigid posture on his bed, looking both horrified and furious.

Xemans took a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself, and not lash out at Vexen. Oh no. He'd find the one responsible for this (most likely Axel, as Vexen had said) and those who helped Axel humiliate him, it seemed, for the past few days.

Vexen had backed away, unsure of how Xemnas was going to react. He didn't want to be anywhere near the Superior when he flipped out once all of what had happened came into light. Vexen flinched a bit as Xemnas' gaze locked onto him again.

"Vexen."

"Y...Yes?" Vexen answered, looking very uneasy. Xemnas was beginning to look like he was ready to go kill something...or maim, whichever happened first.

Xemnas took some pleasure intimidating someone...nobody...whatever. Xemnas shook his head as he spoke, "Number four, have the whole organization meet in the lounge."

Vexen wore a perplexed expression, "The lounge, Superior?"

Xemnas offered an evil smile, "Yes, the lounge. It's a smaller place...harder to escape from..." Xemnas drifted off as he thought about it, smiling.

Vexen managed a small smile in return, before using a portal and leaving the area as quickly as possible.

Xemnas is back to normal and he is very much displeased.

And I really apologize about the amount of time between chapters. It makes me feel bad. People have probably noticed that I have a few stories going all at once, and I'll try to update them all as often as I can. With school, though, it won't be often, but I'll try to make longer chapters when I do update.